THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME- British Attack

WW1 - Battle of Verdun - machineguns - guns - WW2

[@kravercramel]

My great Uncle was in this war. He was a Royal Inniskilling Fusilier. He had survived untill 29/09/1918... two months before armistice. He was there for 1 year and was only 19 at the time ..and He died near Ypres. RIP Charles Stuart Haynes-James

[@johnbuckley6051]

Four family members lost on the Somme, same Regiment 22nd (Cheshires) and from the same tiny village in Cheshire. Two more lost and almost a third in world war 2. Did it teach me a lesson? No. I still joined the same Regiment and I'm from the same tiny village, in the early 1990's. If soldering is in your blood, you can never get it out. Rest in Peace all who died in both wars on all sides. You weren't the enemy, our governments and their bankers were, and still are.

[@martinwarner1178]

well said Sir/

[@olearyma57]

YOU GOT IT THERE IN ONE MATE. TRAGIC. PEACE TO THEM AND ALL WHO FALL (and die) FOR THE SOLDIERING SCAM.

[@douglasbarr3319]

Absolutely such a waste and for what

[@sukhoi34]

My father served in the cheshires modern day served in NI

[@karlbauer9734]

Ich stimme Ihnen vollkommen zu, I agree totally with you. Grüße aus Deutschland.

[@terryharris1291]

My Grandfather was badly wounded at the Somme only just survived.He served with the New Zealand Division .He ,his Brothers,Cousins and Uncle,fought from 1915 to 1918.Of the nine only 3 made it back to New Zealand,one other did but he died of wounds on the 8th of November 1918 and is buried beside his Mother now.Lest WE Forget.

[@warrenheslip692]

My uncle who is 99 served in Italy his stories of fighting the hun were horrid but necessary. He held no hate of them....they were soider just like them .

[@Віктор445]

my grandfather fough in napoleonic wars is 100% real if do you think it is fake you are jealous

[@terryharris1291]

@@Віктор445 He may have ,but you sound like a complete Fuck Whit.

[@joselazo6786]

@@Віктор445 grandfather or great grandfather???

[@Віктор445]

@@joselazo6786 sarcasm

[@kjragg1099]

60,000+ casualties and 20,000+ deaths for the British JUST on the first day. It’s almost hard to comprehend that this actually happened because it’s so maniacal and a tremendous needless waste of life. God bless the men on all sides who faced these unforgivable horrors.

[@tooyoungtobeold8756]

Followed by 10,000 casualties a week for almost four months.

[@kjragg1099]

@@runawaypuppet1694 maybe these “generals” might’ve been a bit less careless about the lives of their men if their own necks were on the line.

[@ghsvideosreviews5499]

The numbers in ww1 are insane to think about.

[@anthonyeaton5153]

​@@kjragg1099That is a silly statement.

[@anthonyeaton5153]

​@@ghsvideosreviews5499Less than WW2.

[@royramsay538]

My Grandfather was at the Somme. I have only a page of his Diary and that is painful to read.He was a stretcher bearer in the 5 th Black Watch.He wrote a letter home to the paper in Dundee and that is even worse to read.He was a lucky man as he came home from the Boar war and then went to WW1.May they all RIP.

[@louisgunn]

amen to that

[@peteraldridge5210]

Roy Ramsay my grandfather was with the royal horse artillery his brothers were at the Somme my mates granuncles are buried in France after the war my granuncles immigrated 2 n.z. Tom Aldridge their son on the line b4 an attack on Cassino was bside a guy who was his first cousin no idea who he was until a priest was doing last rights introduced them great stories all Irish descent

[@reicherosterreicher3486]

Roy Ramsay sehr interessant Deine Short story, all the brave British, German and French Soldiers who died in this european Civil War shall rest in peace. All Victims no Winner. Lets Stay now together as brothers in Arms 🇩🇪🇬🇧🇩🇪🇬🇧🇩🇪🇩🇪🇬🇧🇩🇪🇦🇹🇬🇧🇩🇪🇦🇹🇩🇪🇬🇧

[@brianvatcher]

Roy Ramsay My Grandad also was at the Somme and survived till1973,he was a sniper already in the army couple years before WW1.Gassed had to pee in hanky as no gas mask for him lost 3 fingers ,He was a lovely Man and I loved him.

[@colinw8822]

My great grandfather fought in the battle of the somme. He was wounded three times but survived. He fought with the royal irish fusiliers

[@peteraldridge5210]

It always boggles my mind how men went over the top into that volume of fire

[@ysgol3]

And that ANY survived ! I read an account of men attacking machine guns who walked with their heads down as if into driving rain - one WWl veteran interviewed for the BBC said that all his life he considered himself the luckiest man in the world for surviving the first day on the Somme.

[@peteraldridge5210]

@@ysgol3 they did the same at Gettysburg brave men 👍👍👍👏👏

[@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13]

@@peteraldridge5210 Stupidity. Not bravery.

[@thomaspridmore106]

Well if they wouldn’t go they were shot what a choice

[@PrJ09702]

@@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13 What in the hell are you talking about those men where 16 years of age and your calling them stupid!! And if they where so stupid we wouldn’t be living in the most peaceful time EVER!!

[@rondevine1233]

My grandfather was in the second battle of the Somme during the German spring offensive of 1918.

[@volkerberndraimondi8328]

Poor man. Like all the other soldiers involved in this senseless killing of people. Every lost in this crazy war was one too much.

[@Cato_dbd]

For those who want to know this movie us called Forbbiden ground it's available on Netflix

[@individuum4494]

Thank you very much

[@tooyoungtobeold8756]

My grandfather was a Lewsis Gunner on the Somme, seriously wounded and sent back to blighty, aged 19. Won the MM aged 19, near Ypres six months earlier. His brother, MGC, DOW two months before end the after being there for four years.

[@thenevadadesertrat2713]

Reminds me of that German guy in WWI Ernst Juenger, "Im Stahlgewitter" He volunteered over and over to be in the trenches, he actually enjoyed hearing the bullets zip by. Very graphic book, He describes one scene where his comrade stuck his head above the trenches just to see what was going on. A sniper shot him in the head and his brains splattered all over. Nasty business indeed. Jeunger died in the fifties I believe. I don't know if his book is still in print.

[@kaczynskis5721]

He died in 1998. He was a centenarian.

[@jamesgreenberg4786]

Storm of Steel. I own a copy.

[@2394Joseph]

Ernst Junger "Storm of Steel" is the English translation. Google it, you will find a free pdf copy on the net that you can print out. While you are Googling, google "memoirs of an infantry officer" Siegfried Sassoon pdf. That is one of the best reads.

[@BillOfBo]

Regardless of the side, one must admit that charge of the Somme was courageous. It clearly demonstrated automatic weapons had changed the “old school” tactics of frontal assaults & needed to be reassessed. Must’ve been hell on Earth to charge those German lines. So many lost to unyielding command tactics was a real travesty. Well portrayed. Good work.

[@morfarviksturmm2652]

On the first day of the Somme the british lost 19,0240 KIA.It was a 5 month long battle.By the end the Germans had actually lost more men then the British.As the Battle wore on the Germans were ordered to do insane suicidal counter attacks that almost broke the fighting spirit of their Army.After this the next major German Offensive,the Germans lost 40,000 killed in 3 days that eventually led to the end, and the German defeat.

[@oskyperez4989]

*The Germans gave the Franco-English army a terrible beating.* terrible paliza le dieron los alemanes al ejercito francoingles.

[@anthonyeaton5153]

​@@oskyperez4989Who won?

[@eagle6754]

Day 1 of the Somme was such a waste, in fact, that whole war was an unnecessary horrible waste.

[@markalexander6517]

My grand uncle died on 24 July 1916 with the 1/5 Gordons at age 21. I can’t what he might have gone through. He lost two 1st cousins. Simply tragic.

[@oskyperez4989]

*The attack on the German positions was preceded by a week of artillery bombardment, where the British fired around 1.5 million grenades, in addition to ten tunnels dug under German trenches that were filled with explosives of 20 tons each. They thought that reaching the German trenches was going to be a Sunday walk, but the opposite happened, the Germans massacred them.*

[@alastair9446]

The English were too used to fighting natives with spears. Never a opponent of equal power and technology.

[@michellebrown4903]

The most baffling thing to me is they repeatedly made the same mistake.

[@tomwilliams5832]

@@michellebrown4903 trust, like where is covering fire, where was our machine guns and snipers just in case?

[@robertdavies3460]

9 million shells were fire in the preceding week, not 1.5 million grenades

[@robertdavies3460]

@@michellebrown4903 the British created the creeping barrage, where they fired shells, which landed ahead of the advancing troops, this gave the British a head start whilst the Germans were in their concrete bunkers. As soon as the bombing stopped, the Germans knew he advance would start, however they hadn't reckoned that the British were already on top of them, bayonets drawn.

[@fredericmartin6994]

I have an emotional thought for my grandfather, machine gunner at the 109th RI, who was at the "Bois de la Caillette in Verdun in early March 1916, and who was sent on the somme during the offensive, he survived the two , when I was little, at the table I asked him to tell me about the war, he replied "it annoys everyone", after his eyes were lost, or did he leave?

[@TGcomments]

I've read a few books about the Somme and I've never imagined any of the attacks to be like this. It seems to me that this clip is yanked-up dramatisation of reality.

[@11calman]

Tom Graham,, sorry mate, you have been reading the wrong history books,,,,,,,,,,,,, The British Generals,, bombarded the area for three days (The wrong area of course just because they were British generals), all those German machine gunners were completely safe,, then when the word came to advance,, all those blokes, kiwis, Aussies, Brits, Canadians, South Africans, had to climb through all the shell holes and mud,,,,, needless to say, the Germans had a field day, Anybody who didn't go "Over the top" got shot"

[@erroldcruz]

On the contrary it could be a euphemism! The Somme was horrible from what I've read and imagine

[@jiveassturkey8849]

“Yanked-up” wtf is that supposed to mean? Hollywood isn’t all America. It’s just the weirdest part.

[@paulmadryga]

I'm inclined to agree with you: 1) British soldiers in that battle probably didn't stop to shoot at anything, because targets of opportunity were scarce (the Germans brought fire to bear from under cover - getting into bomb-throwing range and attacking with Mills bombs would have been more effective for the British). In fact, their orders were not to stop at all - keep moving, and close with & kill the enemy. 2) They were not, under any circumstances, to stop and help their wounded mates - that was the job of stretcher-bearers. 3) The German machine-gunners didn't spray around bullets as though their weapons were fire-hoses - they kept each weapon largely-still, creating steady streams of bullets in interlocking fields of fire that the British had to (usually not very successfully) walk through. However, all that doesn't add up to anything very exciting from a movie standpoint.

[@timkeiley1068]

@@11calman you might try reading some books! Weeks of bombardment on the correct positions, dud shells bought from USA, and deep German dugouts protected the germans, wrong type of shells used, too many shrapnel, not enough H.E. Many reasons for high casualties.

[@gat569]

The Parable of the Old Man and the Young - Wilfred Owen, 1893 - 1918 So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went, And took the fire with him, and a knife. And as they sojourned both of them together, Isaac the first-born spake and said, My Father, Behold the preparations, fire and iron, But where the lamb for this burnt-offering? Then Abram bound the youth with belts and straps, and builded parapets and trenches there, And stretchèd forth the knife to slay his son. When lo! an angel called him out of heaven, Saying, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, Neither do anything to him. Behold, A ram, caught in a thicket by its horns; Offer the Ram of Pride instead of him. But the old man would not so, but slew his son, And half the seed of Europe, one by one.

[@Hordalending]

But the British didn't run towards the Germans. They walked, heavily encumbered.

[@miguelo65]

you´re right! Maybe this stuff is dated to November stage of Somme battle. Anyway, the hard one seargent or corporal sniper made me laugh, My my sincerely admiration and respect to all men in this terrible, absurd war.

[@1594simonsays]

That was the first day. The battle of the somme went on for months...

[@TheJohn48231]

Not all of them, some units ignored the order to walk because they knew it was a bad idea

[@cwnapier67]

Many units ran some walked it depended on the unit. Some units on the southern sector made ALL their objectives on the first day with very minimal losses.

[@cwnapier67]

Due to the French strategy of the creeping barrage and the use of heavy explosive shells instead of shrapnel shells. Many German units on the southern sector were decimated. The further north on the Somme you go the more the casualties grew. The British had not adopted the creeping barrage en mass at that time due to the use of very green Pal Battalions. The creeping barrage was a very dangerous and skillful tactic that needed very skillful troops. They would literally walk behind their own artillery shells until they were on top of the Germans which meant they had no time to prepare or man the machine guns. The barrage would then move on to the support trenches and so on.

[@stevenkoehler6018]

Let’s all stay it--No more brother wars!!!

[@vikingblood0408]

My Grandfather fought in this battle with the Worcestershire Regiment, they were a rifle regiment. He somehow managed to survive. He was awarded a Distinguished Conduct medal for taking out a German gun emplacement and carrying his wounded men back to safety. He wore a kilt as his balls were too big to fit in trousers.

[@chrisholland7367]

20,000 dead 40,000 missing and wounded on just first day of the Somme offensive.

[@michaelrankine1825]

Chris Holland and I wonder if the Muslims ever gave it a second thought that are living in the UK.

[@DavidGarcia-to4cu]

Just

[@drharmonica]

This scene is historically inaccurate. In the first Somme attack by the British on July 1, 1916, all British soldiers were ordered to advance at a walk and not to run at all which explains why they suffered over19,000 killed out of 57,000 total casualties on the first day alone.

[@Dom-fx4kt]

The battle went on for 3 months, this could have been a later stage

[@blockowocka1728]

only some companies in the south of the Somme actually walked. On the rest of the battlefield the men did run despite the order to walk.

[@blockowocka1728]

@David_brent probably towards the german line. Ur right, the English were ordered to walk and they did down south near Montauban ;However, near places like Beaumont Hammel, most ran over the top. Its not a theory either, its on film by Geoffrey Malins and John McDowell.

[@blockowocka1728]

@David_brent I'm actually talking about the footage of the assult north of Beaumont Hammel captured by Malins. It shows the Scottish and British advancing quickly over no-mans land.

[@blockowocka1728]

@David_brent its footage taken by Malins as he overlooks no mans land from a nearby trench. What I think is the Scottish fusilier's occupying the hawthorn ridge crater. North of beaumont hammel. Later in the clip you can also see the 86th brigade, 29th division running towards the Hawthon ridge to take the trench.

[@justinjacquot8553]

Brave british soldiers, it was the most terrible civil war betwen european peoples ...

[@reicherosterreicher3486]

Justin Jacquot ja , traurig aber wahr N I E W I E D E R !!!!!! 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇦🇹🇬🇧🇩🇪🇫🇷🇦🇹🇬🇧🇩🇪🇫🇷🇦🇹🇬🇧

[@VezDeGun]

say thanks to capitalism :)

[@chrisholland7367]

Justin Jacquot It was a world war ..

[@martinetti123]

Scott Wiggins unfortunately u are wrong: The real reason was the greed of the British and French for global capitalism. Imperial Germany disturbed them; especially the British.

[@martinetti123]

Виктор Лебедев it was the sin of greed for money, not capitalism.

[@jean-luchochart6960]

Je fais remarquer que 22 divisions françaises ont participé à la bataille de la Somme.

[@gibsonnevincent9953]

mon arrière grand père est tué a Thiaumont le 4 juillet 1916 disparu près Verdun , il s'appelait Ernest Hochard de Bretagne

[@jean-luchochart6960]

@@gibsonnevincent9953 C'est curieux! J'ai parmi mes ancêtres des Hochart venant de l'Audomarois(Nord et Pas-de-Calais)et des Hochard originaires de Bretagne!!Ces deux familles se sont fondues dans mes origines! Des patriotes qui ont défendu la France dans toutes les guerres.Je vous salue et vous dis à bientôt.Il n'y a pas de hasard.

[@gibsonnevincent9953]

@@jean-luchochart6960 salutations aussi , !!!

[@konradheumann8342]

Who knew the Battle of the Somme was so (literally) bloodless?

[@johncox2284]

I had a great uncle.who.died from wounds he received at the Somme. Gordon Highlanders. May their memory be Eternal!

[@minhtruong6990]

WW1 approach : frontal infantry assault of dug in defensive positions. Brilliant ! By the way, how amazing that several soldiers had the time to kneel down in front of a machine gun , take aim, shoot at the gunner, miss, reload and do it again and again without being cut down by the machine gun.

[@chrissheal2106]

yeah the movie aint realistic this isnt the somme at all

[@davidg.s.hounslow1663]

The harsh reality of War, men by the thousands sent to the slaughter. Mental and Physical Trauma must have been unbelievable . I will always take my hat off to the brave men, who sacrificed there lives. You know the one thing which always stood out, was the Comradery. Never Forgotten to all the Fallen Personal. You done yourselves and our country proud.

[@fenixrising75]

WWI was the war where the most recent advances in weaponry were employed to their fullest extent. (Air combat, attacking the home front, tanks, gas) Strange how the tactics did not evolve along with it. After long years of stalemate on the western front, you'd think that commanders would have better tactics than a massive bombardment followed by infantry crossing no man's land.

[@finleyw07]

*Switzerland has entered spectator mode*

[@boomtaylor8297]

what film is this? i thought the french were at verdun? thanks for uploading

[@ogood813]

These are British soldiers going over the top attacking the German

[@individuum4494]

The french did also take part at the somme. It was about 6 divisions or so.

[@jorannielsen4213]

The Battle of the Somme lasted for months, but mostly it is the first day which is highlighted in films etc.

[@tacosforsale871]

my schools headteacher once fought in that war back in that time he died..

[@techusmaximus7102]

Mr Corks liar they would be 109

[@techusmaximus7102]

And harry patch is the last veteran he died at 110

[@techusmaximus7102]

I mean 108

[@The_Deaf_Aussie]

do try to upload a clip from the movie.. not record it off the tv with your phone camera and upload that.. ffs...

[@15-Peter-20]

Please don't cry

[@davidengland8799]

SkyBlue 1988 he’s got a point. It’s a load of shit and spoils viewing

[@pablo23481]

David England I agree he has a point but if you’re that bothered go watch the movie

[@davidpallin772]

All this carnage because the Archduke went to Sarajevo in June 1914, all this death and destruction over one man who had no business going to Sarajevo.

[@chrisdaniels407]

Trench warfare. Not much of a choice, but a terrible tactic with an enormous loss of life. A waste.

[@ButchersNailsEnjoyer]

Better than what they did at the beginning of the war by marching in Napoleonic formations into machine guns

[@souravdas4759]

This tactics still excited today ie bunker s and defensive line.

[@MyLittlePonyFan24]

2:34 your comrade is killed and you immediately take their place, exactly where they were just shot. that takes bravery

[@generalbooger9146]

A very good deal of the Veterans spoke of how waiting was the worst part of Battle. When they finally "go over the top" t hey get a calm sense of relief and walk forward like its noting. When friends did start dropping left and right, a new feeling overcame them. Pure Hatred. They wanted to get to the Bastards killing their friends and bash their heads in.

[@invisibleman4827]

Anyone know what film this is from?

[@jorannielsen4213]

Did you film this from (on) the telly?

[@mrpirate3470]

Did you use your phone to video the tv then upload it :(

[@tyler.richardson]

Is this a movie? if so what's it called

[@bjornfalli2736]

What a waste of human life of all nations during WW1. Incredible losses. I have visited Verdun in France a couple of times. Weired atmosphere there !!

[@russelljohnson3276]

What's the name of the film please

[@scottfowler4482]

What film is this? Is it on dvd?

[@XxBloggs]

They should have taken command from Haig and let Monash command British forces after this. Effectively Monash won the victories that won the war. I guess they were never going to let an Australian, Jewish-German heritage man show them how to do it.

[@anthonyeaton5153]

Monash was a Lt General and that was his best rank. All his victories were tactical but not strategic.

[@angelosantiago6155]

wow what an awesome scene I mean I can only imagine if this is not hell I think is pretty close to it.. Damm that's crazy!!!

[@edwardramirez8768]

That deadly grazing and crossfire by those machinegun emplacements

[@anthonyeaton5153]

Artillery was the greatest killer on the Somme as it was thruout the war.

[@warwatch]

Awkward moment when you have german and english ancestory

[@jiveassturkey8849]

sky n3t Most people do. Anglo-Saxons came from Germania after all.

[@joeldaniels1821]

Jive Ass Turkey I was about to say that myself honestly after I figured that out I laughed because how much these countries fault there own kin

[@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13]

Not uncommon. Especially in the United States.

[@jimbo5458]

always about the blicks

[@Pirate1718]

Is this actually a movie? If so what's it called?

[@0526alberto]

Name of the movie

[@jakeawesome_usa6370]

Believe it or not the youngest person to sneak in the army back then was age 14

[@henrynash2066]

My great grandad was in this and survived all the way

[@sistemann6062]

Film ?

[@pbrucpaul]

Just incredible that British and French troops did that over the top full charge without any cover or concealment and effective maneuver techniques. It was the Americans who brought that over in 1917

[@davehill4295]

It was the Canadians at Vimmy ridge actually.

[@masterscubaman]

@@davehill4295 Definitely not the US troops who started their conflict using tactics from 1915 initially, and it was only after some setbacks that they adapted quickly.

[@jet0577]

What movie is this?

[@MyLisboa]

I passed by VERDUN many years ago....and the beautiful green fields and the hills surrounding the area is so breathtaking with it's Silence...that gives me the chills thinking so Many lives fell through the noise of screams, guns and explosions.....May they All rip

[@arthur131313]

Isn't it easier to throw grenade at the machine gunners instead of sniping

[@BMTHxxx100]

and they would and then another german will man the gun..they want to capture the territory and kill everyone of them.. its also a way of saying ''hey look we beat you'' and thats the point..make the other side feel defeated.. not just killing one machine gunner

[@ngog17]

The problem would always have been getting near enough to the machine guns in order to eliminate them with hand grenades or mortars. Artillery would have done the job but that wouldn't have been an option if the attacking troops were close to the enemy lines.

[@MrShaneVicious]

it wasn't a problem once they perfected the creeping barrage.

[@shadwknight1644]

It isn't that simple. You gotta get up close before you can even think of pulling the pin. Then you gotta have support covering your ass.

[@JBils41]

...and you have to have grenades... not something that all units would necessarily have access to in 1916

[@brianpope5243]

What a terrible waste of life these poor brave soldiers

[@scharfuhrerdawe7639]

what is name of that film???

[@DerGermangermane]

All clean and shiny. ..

[@vapeiq]

That's it.. order few thousands troops to run towards machine guns and hope 1 gets through.. goes to show the mentality of the British Government.. Nothings changed

[@retribution999]

What's the name of this movie?

[@lasercop3893]

The movie?

[@duanekit94]

What show is this from?

[@georgioskoroneos9272]

However no matter how hard & painful was for the British people at the end the mass of the German army was defeated in there France & it is because of this sacrificed that the Germans failed to advanced to Paris & conquered the rest of central Europe.

[@antonarset]

Old real cameras from that time have less "realtime camera" effect than modern cameras in movies... If you can not make a good movie you put a shaking camera.

[@zx1196d1]

Which is it, battle of the Somme or Verdun? Title says one thing, body of text says the other.

[@jec1ny]

It's the Somme. Verdun was another meat grinder in the most stupid and senseless war of that century. But that one was French not British.

[@prettyhowtownprufrock3421]

It was the French at Verdun

[@anthonyeaton5153]

​@@jec1ny ThecSommexwas fought to take the pressure off the French at Verdun who were being 'bled white' since February 1916 . Haig did not want the Somme campaign . It was partialy successful, the Germans moved 13 divisions to the Somme.

[@CoreyJason]

I know war makes it hard to believe in a God, but I sure hope there is one to make sense of it all and deal harshly with those who perpetrated and benefited from them.

[@gingermegs138]

They weren't allowed to run they walked with full battle packs. The British Way.

[@psilvakimo]

That is BS!!!! Just look at the actual footage of the Somme and other battles. It shows the British charging into battle. This idea that they walked into machine guns is pure myth.

[@gingermegs138]

The Generals told them to march in an orderly fashion. They forbid them to run but many did run.

[@TaZ101SAGA]

Run across hundreds of yards of ground carrying twice your normal load and see how much energy you have to fight if you get there.

[@afghosting8772]

I enjoyed this. Thanks.

[@generalbooger9146]

What is this from?

[@mr.valdik5337]

Интересно, а обязательно было на смартфон с телевизора снимать, или нельзя было в интернете найти фильм, вырезать нужный момент и забросить на KZbin?

[@jimthompson7402]

Industrial scale madness.

[@georgioskoroneos9272]

The british advanced without any cover just with their rifles for only few meters but failed to break through because the Germans were sitting in well prepared holes & positions & were firing all day their terrible machine guns as a result the Germans in this particular battle knocked on the ground the British young the cream of the crop flower by the thousand a very unpleasant situation for the British public opinion at that time back home in England by such a blow

[@myblog6230]

It is good but it sounds like a big empty room

[@RGR788]

No more brother wars.

[@peteraldridge5210]

Personally I need half bottle of rum b4 an assault brave men

[@jiveassturkey8849]

They actually did drink rum before going over the top in WWI. It’s funny that you mention rum, because that is exactly what they drank. They were issued it with their daily rations.

[@Grandizer8989]

Wrong. They advanced at a quick step wearing full packs for some reason

[@jimbo5458]

full pack....... Germans have 3 lines of trenches. If they capture the first trenches, they gotta hold them. They may be stuck out there for days and days trying to hold their gains. It was a massive assault along miles and miles. The Germans have no choice but to Counter-attack and try to recapture the line. Any guy in captured German trenches must stay there because his presence could take pressure off another assault miles down the line. Germans are going to be forced to keep troops and not commit them anywhere else they may need them.

[@prettyhowtownprufrock3421]

At the Somme they were made to empty their rifles - show empty chamber to officers - and then walk, not run

[@1594simonsays]

The some was not just one day it carried on for months...

[@1594simonsays]

Somme*

[@bulldawg4498]

Frontal assaults are suicidal ... but the WW I generals on both sides kept doing it ... What won the war? The British innovation: the tank ...

[@nolanschaper3470]

I disagree, im not historian so I can't say your wrong, but I believe it was the new reinforcements from America that changed the war. Both sides where very tired of fighting and I think the Americans relieved the allies. While the Germans had no break whatsoever

[@danrooc]

Tanks dis their part... a very meager part. Starving Germany did the most.

[@chrissheal2106]

and americans did not win the war, it was who made more progress first. and that was france and germany.

[@anthonyeaton5153]

Never forget Logistics. The British Army by mid 1916 had the best and effective logistics on the Western Front and never forget the Royal Navy blockading of Germany. Tanks were an adjunct to victory. Amateurs talk tactics , professionals talk logistics

[@randywhite2335]

As if doing this once wasn't enough those poor badtatds had to do it twice.

[@elizabetharmada5335]

mas maganda ang strategy Ngayon kesa noon....dati,sugod lang ng sugod...Ngayon,mahuhusay ang mga utak ng mga mandirigma

[@andylipana5297]

Nice eco!!!. What movie this is???!..

[@ryanr9299]

y r they al shaved?

[@burt000edit000]

In overall (and I don't mention Russians) the casuals of allies were about 30% higher as the casualties of the Germans and the reason was that their Human machines worked less efficient. 1) The subcommanders of the Allies didn't respond to their role of the "little General in the spot". They just passed over orders. 2) The commanders of the allies were in war with the politicians while in Germany the politicians were incorporated in the military machine. Haig improvised especially in Somme because they had accused him of delaying. 3) The medic system of the Germans worked better. Result: Germans were suckers but Allies in both World wars were pathetic.

[@rudysopher9582]

burt000edit000

[@williamjordan8603]

Allies won. Germany lost. 2 times. Did I say 2 times? Why, yes. I did. I did say 2 times. So STFU with that allies were pathetic shit.

[@Rocky-xx2zg]

The very close camera placement to captuer images is annoying. JMO

[@ysgol3]

Not the first day of course - that was a beautiful summer morning with no mud across green fields.

[@kaczynskis5721]

Yes, the weather was good. A few days later there was a shower, which revived some wounded who had passed out in no man's land.

[@ysgol3]

@@kaczynskis5721 Oh I didn't know that ! Hopefully some survived then by somehow getting back. I've always presumed that most of the 20.000 killed on the first day weren't killed immediately, they were terribly wounded and died of these wounds in no man's land - in seconds, minutes, hours, days. This terrible vision haunts me, though it's impossible to prove any figures of course.

[@danrooc]

It is likely not the battle of the Somme, at least not the attack on July 1st 1916. It rather seems the battle of Passchendaele (3d battle of Ypres), November 1917.

[@ysgol3]

@@danrooc Yes, point taken, but the title is 'Somme' of course and, soon after July 1st,conditions did get very muddy.

[@danrooc]

@@ysgol3 Definitely,. The battle of the Somme raged for 4 months and rain should be present to some degree. It's only the general appereance of the scene most of us can judge upon and movies are often driven by clichés: Somme's first day or Passchedaele's mud. Taking into account this is just a fragment of an unidentified movie, it could be any or none.

[@williamschlenger1518]

Charging into 50cal.machine guns is suicide not brave.

[@stephenbroad3008]

Mud? Was a sunny day

[@azizwaly470]

No , it rained early that morning .

[@anthonyeaton5153]

​@@azizwaly470It did not.

[@TaZ101SAGA]

Pretty bad representation of the Somme, and for some morons below: Haig didn't actually want to attack at the Somme, he wanted the main attack to be in Flanders, but had to bend to the will of the French. What people always forget is that the Somme was a success in the end. It succeeded at drawing German divisions away from Verdun, preventing it's capture and further annihilation of French armies being thrown in to defend it. The postponed Flanders operation finally took place in 1917 at 3rd Ypres which was also a success. Casualties were high, but Haig was no 'butcher', he personally played a major factor in winning a war unlike any previously seen and therefore everyone had much to learn. He was not backward as many claim and was always keen to embrace new technology. I advise people to invest in a copy of Mud, Blood and Poppycock by Gordon Corrigan. It corrects many of the countless bullshit myths that still circulate to this day.

[@invisibleman4827]

I've got a copy, it's very interesting.

[@Lebanonjames431]

Why is it shaking so much?

[@xyzoub]

I thought the artillery tactics at this point of the war was to use creeping barrage fire, making this scene utter bull** : the soldiers went over the parapet while the artillery was firing over enemy trenches for 5-10 seconds before it began to slowly extend range as British troops advanced, but of course lies and spectacular machine fires is always much better to impress the viewer

[@bmorebidness207]

That was the Canadians during the second battle at the Somme I believe.

[@maltlicky5262]

All wars are a huge waste of life! And you know every man that has ever been on a battle field would chose never to be in one but are put there by a few cowards that would never step on a battle field

[@chrissheal2106]

well agreed but hitler ignited ww2 and he was in ww1

[@grantdervishi8186]

The disastrous British attack that day was the fault of Gen Douglas Haig. He lived until 1928. Also this filming is inaccurate. The German troops waiting till the slow moving British got to the middle of the battlefield before opening fire

[@anthonyeaton5153]

Haig's policies won the war . Over 200,000 watched his funeral most being ex servicemen.

[@Harry_-sg4tj]

This is so wrong they were carry supplies across not knowing Germans were there this absolute bollocks

[@xornxenophon3652]

WWI? A catastrophe in a sea of mud!

[@anthonyeaton5153]

The Somme was not known for mud. It was a warm dry summer. You are mistaking it for Passchendaele in Belgium 1917 where the ground is normally waterlogged

[@michaeledwards3578]

When all is put away the losing side i play.

[@grantsmilitaryhistoryc8875]

I do love what it’s about

[@derrickgadson4568]

Dam no hand grenades